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Diaw is a wildcard here. Not reliable, but needs to take shots when given to him and hit at an okay rate so the defense doesn't collapse.
Wish LMA got some 3pt looks - has shown he can shoot it in the mid 30s.
if Manu & Green hit their wide open threes..NBA
Diaw is a wildcard here. Not reliable, but needs to take shots when given to him and hit at an okay rate so the defense doesn't collapse.
Wish LMA got some 3pt looks - has shown he can shoot it in the mid 30s.
Danny's tech FT didn't even get in the cylinder. His shooting is disastrous.
Hopefully, it's the the reverse of last season when he was great in the regular season but couldn't buy a shot against the Clippers.if Manu & Green hit their wide open threes..NBA
David West can probably shoot 3s at a respectable rate like Diaw but he's the 17 ft assassin.
Can't deliver elbows & fight for offensive rebound from the 3pt line man, Boris will suffice as our main stretch 4, and hey, Red Mamba is still on the roster last time i looked at it.David West can probably shoot 3s at a respectable rate like Diaw but he's the 17 ft assassin.
Um, you do realize we're 36-6.
Yes, but the 3 point shooting averages are down this year as well as percentages.
Spurs are attempting 3 less attempts per game from the champion season and with a percentage lower than the last 6 years (with the exception of last year).
On the bright side, Kawhi and Parker are shooting more and with a higher percentage. The downside is that Green has been pretty pathetic.
yeah,Manu has gone ice cold from 3 the last couple of games,Patty has been like that since the start of 2016 and Danny has been shooting like too...and we're 36-6if Manu & Green hit their wide open threes..NBA
Just because the team is winning doesn't mean that being ice cold at the 3 is a good thing.
I think other players are stepping up though, last game it was Boris and Simmons.
That's not what I'm saying,of course we need our guys to shoot the 3 well if we wanna beat GSW in a 7 games series (and I'm hopeful they WILL step up),but the record we have despite Patty's and Danny's struggles (Manu was shooting 39% from downtown till the Cavs game,so I wouldn't say he's struggling,he's just gone cold the last couple of games as I said) shows that this team has so many weapons,and that's a good thing
It's a small sample size of 8 games, but for the month of January, Green is shooting 43.8% on 3pt shots. He has shot over 40% for the last 4 seasons, so I'm really not worried about him, unless there's an undisclosed nagging injury. With Kawhi raising his usage rate and Aldridge in town, it kind of makes sense that Green's ppg would go down, and to be honest he might be better off becoming less & less a focus of the opposing teams' defense. The Spurs won 3 championships with Bruce Bowen averaging about the same as Green is now, and that was while playing 5-7 more minutes per game. For me the problem comes in the next 2 years, when both Parker & Manu gradually have smaller roles and the issue will be finding a reliable guard to bring the ball up... that's Green's biggest shortcoming, being a guard who can't for even limited minutes be counted on to simply bring the ball up court...
Been saying that it's early since the season started. I remember my sister visiting in November and complaining about Green, and I was like hey the guy defends well and he can shoot -he's just a little off now, but he'll get his groovy.
Yet, we are mid January and he continues to disappoint. I am getting worried. Verde can shoot we all know that not sure why he's gone mental, but we are going to need him badly against OKC, the Clips and GS, if the Spurs are going to bring home number 6. We badly need our 3 point shooter back.
Maybe they should spend garbage time of one of these games just feeding him the ball.
Danny may sink us if he continues on this path. We are already relying more on Simmons than Pop would normally want to with his natural reluctance to play rookies. Lucky for us, Simmons has come through, but the downside of that equation is that I have become really disappointed in Danny. He still makes good defensive plays, but he's becoming Tony Allen. Guys like that are not playable in the playoffs and they are not paid $10 mill a year. He was paid that bc of his combination of premier 3 pt shooting and elite defense. If he's not hitting the 3... we are in trouble.
LOL. If only that could happen, it might fix everything.
He already got open shots against the Mavs. He played a ton of garbage time. Anderson would probably have a couple more assists with open 3s he got for Danny. In fact people were complaining in the Mavs game thread that were loosing our big lead bc we kept feeding Danny. I think his issue is mental, or worse. Someone mentioned the yips.
We should have used blue. The last few minutes of that blowout were all about feeding Danny. Clank...Clank...Clank.
I don't think he's fixed.
Nice -oop, though, with a minute left in doesn't-matter-time.
Absolutely, Spurs are in trouble if they don't improve their 3 point game. Dubs just destroyed the Cavs and they did it by having every play not hesitate in taking the 3. It was like they relished the opportunity of taking a 3. Kind of like the way Patty is always looking for an inch of daylight.
Spurs mind set is the reverse. It is like they are searching for a more open shot or a shot in the paint.
Spurs may not be able to win if GSW attempts 40 3 point attempts a game.
Does green makes hes 3's during warmups?
I think the problem with Green is he knows that there are other offensive option and that's messing up his consistency.
Green needs to play with urgency. In previous years, there was nobody else who could score. So when he saw daylight, he made the most of that opportunity.
Today, he knows he doesn't need to make the shot, so he bails for another option. Spurs still winning with only 6 loses.
Not good if we go up against the likes of GSW.
Yeah, the four guys at the end of the bench and a starter for garbage time. It didn't work. I'm starting to think that Pop is worried that he'll break Danny by taking him out of the starting lineup. If he hasn't had a couple of big games by the end of the RRT, you'll see something more drastic.We should have used blue. The last few minutes of that blowout were all about feeding Danny. Clank...Clank...Clank.
I don't think he's fixed.
Nice -oop, though, with a minute left in doesn't-matter-time.
Pop will continue to start Green because he's most effective with the starters. With the bench, he's a complete disaster.
You can't hide him forever. If the Spurs want to win a championship, they need more production from their starting guard.
Would you rather Green not play at all?
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